A LETTERKENNY man living with Cystic Fibrosis is urging people to get behind a campaign to help raise awareness of the disease.
Marc McCarron and his cousin and best friend, fellow Letterkenny man, Vinny McLaughlin, are calling on the the public to help Cystic Fibrosis Ireland meet its fundraising target of €300,000 on ‘65 Roses Day’, taking place on Friday, April 12 nationwide.
Funds raised on 65 Roses Day will help to provide exercise equipment, counselling sessions, and grants for people with CF undergoing a transplant, fertility assessment or families with CF who have recently been bereaved.
Funds also go to support Cystic Fibrosis research and the building of new CF hospital facilities and the funding of specialist CF staff.
Marc said: “I am doing well again thanks to Kaftrio. But all through the years, CFI have been fantastic over the years. They provide exercise grants, throughout Covid they would send out PPE gear like masks, gloves, hand sanitiser, and any time I am in hospital, they are there to help. So, I’m calling on everyone to get out on the 12th of April and support CFI on 65 Roses Day to keep services like these going.”
Vinny added: “Marc was diagnosed when he was born. He was well as a child, and it really started to impact him in his teens. He had so many chest infections and hospitalisations. To see some of what he has been through is heart-breaking.”
65 Roses Day derives its name from the way in which young children often first say the words “cystic fibrosis” and seeks to raise much-needed funds for Cystic Fibrosis services and supports for people with Cystic Fibrosis in Ireland.
Cystic Fibrosis Ireland is calling on the people of Donegal to show support for 65 Roses Day this year and to buy a purple rose to help raise much needed funds for people in Donegal living with CF.
Please support Cystic Fibrosis Ireland on 65 Roses Day, Friday 12th April by donating online at 65roses.ie or purchasing a purple rose in participating Dunnes Stores, Shopping Centres and other outlets nationwide.
Volunteers will be out in force selling purple roses in Donegal and across the country, in Dunnes Stores, shopping centres and other participating outlets nationwide, including;Dunnes Stores, Forte Shopping Centre, Neil T Blaney Road, Letterkenny and Dunnes Stores, Main Street, Old Town Road, Letterkenny.
Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that primarily affects the lungs and the digestive system.
Ireland has the highest incidence of CF in the world and some of the most severe types.
There are more than 1,400 people living with CF in Ireland and the number is increasing each year as a result of improvements in treatment and care.
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